Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

descent upon Norway.
The Chicago Drug and Chemical Com
pany has failed for s7S,000
THOMAS MURPHY was burned to death in
q fire at Portsmouth, O., en- the 18th.
A GENERAL strike of miners is threat
ened in the anthracite coal fields of Penn
sylvania.
NAILS have been advanced from 81. 40 to
$3.50 per keg by the Western Nail Asso-
citation.
ZANKoFF's mission to Turkey, which was
to have himself reinstated in power in
Bulgaria, it is said will fail.
A SATURAL-GAs explosion at Pittsburgh,
Pa, on the 18th severely burned the chief
of the fire department and several assist
ants.
In the oleomargarine test at Washing
ton it is declared that the sample from st.
Louis prove to be the worst of the lot.
A Missouri PACIFIC train was wrecked
at Dunbar, Neb., On the 18th, and En- gineer
James Dewitt, of Wyandotte, Kas., was
killed and several other persons were in
jured.
THE Senate in secret sess ion, on the 10Th,
took up and debated for an hour the
British extradition treaty, but ad-
journed without action.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the organization of the Albany
National Bank of Laramie City, Wyo.,
capital 100000, to commence business.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has de-
clared a first dividend of fifty per cent. in
favor of the creditors of the First National
Bank of Blair, Neb., on claims proved,
amounting to s54, 27S. SO.
THE Philadelphia Commercial Exchange,
at meeting on the 18th, adopted resolu-
tons with but little opposition indorsing
the Interstate Commerce bill now before
Congress, especially the provisions in re-
gard to pooling and the long and short
hauls.
JAMES MILLER, a farmer, and Abel
Campbell, laborer, while crossing the
track of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in
a sleigh near Charleston, W. Va, on the
18th, were struck by a south-bound train
and both were instantly killed.
THE executive council of the Irish Ma
tional League of America assembled at
Cincinnati on the 18th, President John
Fitzgerald in the chair. Twenty-Five
States were represented. A long series
of resolutions were adopted on the plan of
campaign in Ireland.
JOHN N. WILSON was hanged at Norris
town, Pa, on the 18th, for the murder Of
Anthony W. Dealey.
THE freedom of the city of London was
conferred upon Henry NJ. Stanley on the
18th.
Iowa has certified back to the Govern
ment &c, 900 acres of land granted for rail
road purposes and forfeited.
DAVID r. TURPIE was nominated for
United States Senator by the joint Demo
cratic caucus at Indianapolis, Ind, on the
18th.
WIN. AGNEw, of Palmyra, n. J., murdered
his wife on the 18th, and remained in
the same room with the corpse, where he
was discovered.
A COMMITTEE has been appointed by the
Nebraska Legislature to investigate the
charges which have been made against
Senator Van Wycl of bribery.
THE House committee on judiciary at
Washington have reported against the bill
making new judiciary circuit of Missouri,
Iowa and Minnesota.
THE elegant re sidence of J. C. Spooner,
United States Senator of Wisconsin, at
Hudson, Wis, was damaged by fire to the
the extent of 50. 900 on the 18th.
THE President has granted a respite
until April s, 1887, to Patrick Mccarthy,
who was to have been executed january
Il at Fort Smith, Ark
THE steamer Celtic Monarch of the Mon
arch Line is reported abandoned at sea;
pas sengers and crew saved.
MICHAEL. DAvITT, the Irish patriot, and
his bride arrived in New York on the 18th,
and left during the day for Baltimore
where he was announced to speak on the
18th The date of his lecture at Madison
Square Garden has been changed from
January 16 to the 23d.
THE funeral of John Roach, the noted
ship-builder, took place on the 18th from
St. Paul's P. Z. Church, New York. There
was a large assembly of friends. Bishop
Harris, assisted by the Rev DIR. McChes-
ney, officiated at the services. A delega-
ton of sixty-siX of the leading citizens of
Chester, Pa, was also present.
THE death warrant of William josiah
McMeer, convicted of wife-murder and
confined in the jail at Miffntown. JuGuita
County, Pa, was signed by Governor
Patterson on the 18th. March % IS the day
fixed for the execution.
The Wyandotte (kas.) jury, after being
out ninety-four hours and thirty minutes,
were called into the courtroom by Judge
Hindman on the 18th. The foreman said
that the jury stood seven for convection
and five for acquittal, and that there was
no probability that they would be able to
reach q verdict. Judge Hindman then
discharged the jury.
HOWARD 7. BLACKSTONE. the defaulting
clerk of the Canal Natio nal Bank of Port
land, Me-, has been arrested at Winnipeg,
Man.
THE police authorities of San Francisco
report fl nd ing a dynamite bomb in one of
the sewers in the city. The supposition
by the police rs that the bomb was pre-
pared for use by striking car men, but
fearing detection. was thrown into the
sewer.
The Interstate Commerce bill passed
on the 18th by vote of-yeas, AZ; nays, Is
P. LoRILLARD's extensive tobacco works
at Jersey City n. j., closed on the 18th on
account of strike
THE Observation-Disclosures Union conference
has hepn nOStnnra6 mn til after Pa
meets.
THE National Association of Veterans of
the United States held it's annual meeting
at &ew York on the 18th.
AJUBILEE yacht race, for all nations, to
be, sailed around the United Kingdom, has
been arranged for June.
IL the Indiana Republican senatorial
caucus, on the 18th, Benjamin Harris was
renominated by acclaim at ton
A,sss-AGE fight occurred at New Orleans
pn the 14th between striking 'longshore- |
men ant others who were at work.
THOMAS j. CLUvEEgus was hanged at |
Richmond Va, on the 18th for the murder |
of his. cousin, Miss Fanny Lillian Madison. |
SENATOR Van WICK, of Nebraska, has |
been exonerated from the charge of hrib- |
cry after iryes tigation by the State Sen |
ate.
THE German Army bill mas defeated in |
tase Reichstas on the 18th svhereupon the |
latter body dissolved, and new elections |
have been ordered for February =. i
JAMES LAME, Albert Odeai and John T. i
Ecbols, white, apd John Stephens ,eolored, |
were hanged at Fl Smith, Ark. on the |
18th for murder.
a corNeJL was held at Queen vietsria's
at Osborne on the 14th, when
the seals of office were transferred to the
new mem beFs of the Cabinet